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serike

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Linguists believe that
 
  A. only 120 languages are now spoken in the world.
  B. the number of languages spoken in the world is increasing rapidly.
  C. nothing can be done to preserve linguistic diversity.
  D. all people should study English in order to facilitate cross-cultural communication.
  E. the world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half over the past 500 years.

Question 2

In his study of New York department store employees, Labov found that
 
  A. /r/ was pronounced most frequently by workers in the upper-middle-class store (Saks).
  B. /r/ was pronounced most frequently by workers in the middle-class store (Macy's).
  C. /r/ was pronounced most frequently by workers in the lower-middle-class store (S. Klein's).
  D. workers in all three stores pronounced /r/ with the same frequency.
  E. none of the workers pronounced /r/.



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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

A



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